Immature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee Dioxys cincta (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Dioxyini). American Museum novitates ; no. 3443

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dc.contributor.authorRozen, Jerome G., Jr. (Jerome George), 1928-en_US
dc.contributor.authorOzbek, Hikmet.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:39:00Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:39:00Z
dc.date.issued2004en_US
dc.description12 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 11-12).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe fourth larval instar and pupa of Dioxys cincta are described and illustrated, and anatomical details of the first and last larval instar are interpreted from cast exuviae. The cocoon of this species is also described. The discovery of a hatched egg containing the first-instar exuviae indicates that the first instar remains mostly surrounded by the egg chorion. The second instar emerges through a hole in the thick dorsal surface of the chorion, presumably by chewing its way out. This discovery and the interpretation of the larval head anatomy of this species and that of D. pomonae Cockerell indicate that the genus has five larval instars. The second, third, and fourth instars are adapted to destroying the host egg or larva and any competing cleptoparasites. The fifth instar is not so adapted. As with Dioxys, other cleptoparasitic Megachilidae tend to have a sequential series of instars modified for attacking immatures of hosts and competing cleptoparasites, although which instars are so adapted varies. This contrasts with the cleptoparasitic lineages of the Apidae in which only a single instar, usually the first, is hospicidal.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2808
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3443en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3443 2004en_US
dc.subject.lcshDioxys cincta -- Larvae.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDioxys cincta -- Development.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPupae -- Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Larvae -- Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Developmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshBees -- Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMegachilidae -- Development.en_US
dc.subject.lcshParasitic insects -- Development.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Larvae -- Turkey.en_US
dc.subject.lcshInsects -- Turkey.en_US
dc.titleImmature stages of the cleptoparasitic bee Dioxys cincta (Apoidea, Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Dioxyini). American Museum novitates ; no. 3443en_US
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